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ANOTHER six days' work is done,

Another Lord's day has begun;
Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest,
Improve the hours thy God hath blest.
2 This day may our devotions rise,
As grateful incense, to the skies;
And heaven that sweet repose bestow,
Which none but they who feel it know.
3 This peaceful calm within the breast
Is the sure pledge of heavenly rest,
Which for the Church of God remains,
The end of cares, the end of pains.
4 In holy duties, let the day,
In holy pleasures pass away:
How sweet, a sabbath thus to spend,
In hope of one that ne'er shall end.

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GREAT God, this sacred day of thine

Demands the soul's collected powers; Gladly we now to thee resign

These solemn, consecrated hours: O may our souls adoring own The grace that calls us to thy throne. 2 All-seeing God! thy piercing eye Can every secret thought explore; May worldly cares our bosoms fly, And, where thou art, intrude no more: O may thy grace our spirits move, And fix our minds on things above!

3 Thy Spirit's powerful aid impart,
And bid thy word, with life divine,
Engage the ear, and warm the heart:
Then shall the day indeed be thine;
Then shall our souls adoring own

The grace

that calls us to thy throne.

HYMN 35.

IN loud, exalted strains,

II. 4.

The King of glory praise;
O'er heaven and earth he reigns,
Through everlasting days;
But Sion, with his presence blest,
Is his delight, his chosen rest.
2 O King of glory, come;

And with thy favour crown
This temple as thy home,

This people as thy own:

Beneath this roof vouchsafe to show
How God can dwell with men below.

3 Now let thine ear attend

Our supplicating cries;
Now let our praise ascend,
Accepted to the skies:

Now let thy Gospel's joyful sound
Spread its celestial influence round.
4 Here may the listening throng
Imbibe thy truth and love;
Here Christians join the song
Of seraphim above:

Till all who humbly seek thy face,
Rejoice in thy abounding grace.

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FAR from my thoughts, vain world, begone;
Let my religious hours alone:

From flesh and sense I would be free,
And hold communion, Lord, with thee.

2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, And kindles with a pure desire

To see thy grace, to taste thy love, And feel thine influence from above. 3 When I can say that God is mine, When I can see thy glories shine, I'll tread the world beneath my feet, And all that men call rich and great. 4 Send comfort down from thy right hand, To cheer me in this barren land; And in thy temple let me know The joys that from thy presence flow.

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MY opening eyes with rapture see

The dawn of thy returning day;
My thoughts, O God, ascend to thee,
While thus my early vows I pay.
2 I yield my heart to thee alone,

Nor would receive another guest;
Eternal King! erect thy throne,
And reign sole monarch in my breast.

3 O bid this trifling world retire,

And drive each carnal thought away; Nor let me feel one vain desire,

One sinful thought, through all the day.

4 Then, to thy courts when I repair, My soul shall rise on joyful wing, The wonders of thy love declare,

And join the strains which angels sing.

HYMN 38.

TO thy temple I repair;

III. 1.

Lord, I love to worship there; While thy glorious praise is sung, Touch my lips, unloose my tongue.

2 While the prayers of saints ascend,
God of love, to mine attend;
Hear me, for thy Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.
3 While I hearken to thy law,
Fill my soul with humble awe,
Till thy Gospel bring to me
Life and immortality.

4 While thy ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in thy Name,
Through their voice, by faith, may I
Hear thee speaking from on high.
5 From thy house when I return,
May my heart within me burn;
And at evening let me say,
I have walked with God to-day.

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LMIGHTY Father, bless the word,

Which, through thy grace, we now have heard; O may the precious seed take root,

Spring up, and bear abundant fruit.

2 We praise thee for the means of grace,
Thus in thy courts to seek thy face:
Grant, Lord, that we who worship here,
May all, at length, in heaven appear.

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ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace;
O refresh us,

Travelling through this wilderness.
2 Thanks we give, and adoration,
For the Gospel's joyful sound;

May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound:
May thy presence

With us evermore be found.

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HARK! the glad sound, the Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long :

Let every heart prepare a throne,

And every voice a song.

2 On him the Spirit, largely poured,
Exerts his sacred fire;

Wisdom and might, and zeal and love,
His holy breast inspire.

3 He comes, the prisoners to release,
In Satan's bondage held;

The gates of brass before him burst,
The iron fetters yield.

4 He comes, from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray;

And on the eyes oppress'd with night,
To pour celestial day.

5 He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,

And with the treasures of his grace,
T'enrich the humble poor.

6 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With thy beloved Name.

HYMN 42.

HAIL!

III. 3.

[AIL! thou long expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free!

From our sins and fears release us,
Let us find our rest in thee.

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